CVE-2022-1388 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP systems across multiple versions (16.1.x, 15.1.x, 14.1.x, 13.1.x, 12.1.x, and 11.6.x), allowing undisclosed requests to bypass iControl REST authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, including by ransomware campaigns, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.6.1, <= 11.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.